Make the data available | Nature Biomedical Engineering

Make the data available | Nature Biomedical Engineering

Reward the data-sharers

The misalignments of incentives, rewards and penalties is the biggest hurdle to the widespread sharing of scientific datasets, argues a Nature Biomedical Engineering editorial. “There are therefore plenty of incentives (both carrots and sticks) for authors to present their data on a silver platter,” says the editorial. “Rewards are harder to come by.” The editorial argues for tangible incentives at the right time, bigger rewards, and penalties only as a last resort.

Nature Biomedical Engineering | 5 min read